Control Theory

Control Theory

Perceptual Control Theory

Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) is a systems model for the regulation of actions based on negative feedback loops as used in engineering control theory (Powers, 1973; Robertson, & Powers, 1998). An everyday example of an engineering control system is the cruise control in your car. By way of illustration, the speed limit is 70 mph, so you set the cruise control at 70 mph. The cruise control now...

Feedback Control Theory

References 197 Preface Striking developments have taken place since 1980 in feedback control theory. The subject has become both more rigorous and more applicable. The rigor is not for its own sake, but rather that even in an engineering discipline rigor can lead to clarity and to methodical solutions to problems. The applicability is a consequence both of new problem formulations and new mathe...

Fundamentals of Control Theory

Control theory is the discipline that concerns itself with the response of dynamical systems to input. Control theory is a eld that spans both mathematics and engineering as it nds the vast majority of its applications while providing many complex problems as the topic of much mathematical research. Such problems often deal with questions such as stability, robustness (tolerance in variation of...

Fuzzy Control Theory